Fans at Wednesday's league challenge between the Mountain Lakes Lakers (Mountain Lakes, NJ) and the visiting Parsippany Redhawks (Parsippany, NJ), saw Mountain Lakes's basketball squad hold off Parsippany by a tally of 53-49.

With the victory, Mountain Lakes improves its record to 2-5 on the campaign. The Lakers travel to Dayton (Springfield, NJ) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Saturday, January 6. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 1-5. Dayton lost 46-37 in their recent league challenge against Brearley (Kenilworth, NJ)

Next up, the Redhawks confront the Whippany Park Wildcats (Whippany, NJ) in a Northwest Jersey - Independence challenge, on Friday, January 5. Parsippany will attempt to improve on its 3-3 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 3-4 record after their 70-58 league loss to Pequannock (Pompton Plains, NJ).